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Super Easy 5 Ingredient Coconut Flour Waffles! Made with real food ingredients, these low carb waffles are the perfect fuel for a busy morning or weekend breakfast. Freezer friendly for meal prep too!
I love baking with coconut flour. It's a great source of dietary fiber, healthy fat and more protein than regular flours. These coconut flour waffles are perfect for when you want a low carb waffle recipe that has all the texture and taste!
I make coconut flour pancakes all the time so I thought, why not make a waffle recipe using coconut flour too?
If you love coconut flour, I know you will love these pancakes. I'm sure you would also love my keto pancakes with pumpkin too!
These waffles with coconut flour are just too good not to share with you. In fact, I had a low-calorie pumpkin pie recipe ready for you today but then at the last minute swapped it for this one. I just couldn't wait to share it with you!
So about these coconut flour waffle recipe... did I mention they're good? Not just good, but really good. As in, you need to grab your waffle maker and make them immediately. They're super simple. Just mix, pour and bake!
They make two very thick and filling coconut flour waffles which is why there are four servings in the recipe. One serving is half a waffle (it's a lot!) and I assure you, that's all you need. I enjoy my keto coconut waffles with my Waldorf salad recipe or a simple fruit salad recipe to ensure I get enough protein at breakfast.
It makes a hearty breakfast! Enough to keep you full until lunch. These easy coconut flour waffles also freeze well. I made a double batch last week and froze half. Great for meal prepping a healthy breakfast in advance!
This is the waffler maker I use, and it's important to note that all waffle makers work differently so if you have on different than mine, the baking time may be slightly different.
I also recommend you liberally spray or grease the your waffle maker, and do not undercook your coconut flour waffles because they will crumble easily. Coconut flour is very particular to bake with!
Want more healthy waffle recipes? You will definitely want to try my almond flour waffles, chocolate waffles, pumpkin waffle recipe, and my coconut flour pancakes next!
5 Ingredient Coconut Flour Waffles
Ingredients
- 2 large eggs
- 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk or milk of choice
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened almond milk or milk of choice
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Heat a waffle maker and spray the inside with nonstick cooking spray liberally. Do not use butter or coconut oil or the waffles will stick.
- Place eggs in a mixing bowl with almond milk (use 1/4 cup of ALMOND milk PLUS 2 tablespoons of ALMOND milk - this is not an error!) and whisk together until smooth.
- Fold in coconut flour (measured properly), baking powder and cinnamon until combined. Do not over mix. The batter should be thick. Note - if you overmix it will yield smaller or fewer pancakes.
- Transfer the batter to the waffle maker and cook 10 minutes. DO NOT REMOVE or OPEN TOO SOON OR WAFFLES WILL FALL APART. All waffle makers are a different, mine cooks quickly so you may need to cook yours longer than 10 minutes.
- Carefully lift the waffle from the waffle maker with a small spatula and transfer to a plate while you cook the next one. It's very important you DO NOT prematurely remove the waffle from the maker or flip the waffle or it will fall apart. Note, you will need to add more cooking spray before adding the remaining batter.
- The recipe makes two large waffles (my waffle maker is large). One serving equals a half of a large waffle.
- If you love these waffles, check out these Pumpkin Coconut Pancakes too!
Video
Notes
- Measure coconut flour properly otherwise your waffles will be dry and crumbly.
- When baking with coconut flour, you should expect a drier texture compared to grain flours. If it is very dry, then the flour may not have been measured properly or may be expired.
- Eggs and milk should be room temperature for making coconut flour waffles. If the ingredients are too cold, it will stiffen the batter.Â
- Coconut flour does not bake like other flours. You must not over mix the batter or it will absorb the liquid ingredients too much and your waffles will not turn out. A simple stir or two to combine is enough, don't over do it!
Nutrition
These are really good. Just bought a mini waffle maker this will be my go to recipe!
I tried these today and they got stuck on the waffle maker, even though I greased it with butter. What do you think that went wrong? Thanks.
Hi Juliette, they got stuck because they were not cooked long enough before attempting to remove them. Coconut flour takes longer to cook than other flours. The length of time may be longer as well if your waffle maker is different than mine.
I made these this morning using my Dash mini-waffle maker. Delicious! It made 4 mini-waffles.
Great to hear!
Hi Everyone,
I tried this recipe with Flax egg, complete failure! What a mess. Stick to eggs!
can i make the batter and put it in the fridge overnight?
Super good Thank you Megan.. Now I love dieting even more.
These were good but tasted a bit too much of egg. Any tips for reducing the egginess please?
When you bake with coconut flour, you have to use a lot of eggs to hold the batter together. That's why the batter tastes like eggs. There is absolutely no way of getting around that. Almond flour waffles would have less egg or whole grain pumpkin waffles.
I made these and they were tasty! The only issue I had was that they were thin and fell apart. I went by the measurements and used cooking spray on my waffle iron, any idea what I did wrong?
So glad you enjoyed them! If they fell apart, they were not cooked long enough. I have made that mistake before. Coconut flour will look done a lot of times, but really needs more time in order for them to set up. I set a timer and cook 3 minutes on each side then flip the iron. The other thing to consider is that there may have been too much cooking spray that made the batter too oily. Hope that helps!
Super crumbly and took forever to scrape the mess out of the waffle maker. I measured everything as suggested.
If it was super crumbly then something was off OR the coconut flour may have been bad. Did you use the same brand as I did? Did you spoon the coconut flour into a measuring cup or use the measuring cup to scoop it out? If you had to scrape "the mess" out of the waffle maker then it was not greased enough or it was not cooked enough. If you peak or take it out too early, it will crumble everywhere and stick. Cooking with coconut flour is very particular to work with. You can see from the recipe video that everything does come together so it does work. Many people have made these and not had these issues.
I always start with 1/2 the coconut flour listed and see what the consistency looks like after 5 minutes before adding the rest. Works in most recipes and saves from having to throw out dense muffins, etc. If batter is too thin you can gradually add more until it's right. Thx for the recipe!
Glad you enjoyed it and great tip too!
Excellent excellent excellent!
Thank you for this recipe. My wife and I have been doing keto for a while now and did not realize how much we missed waffles and this recipe hits the spot.
First try at a keto friendly waffle and happily surprised with sugar free maple syrup to top them with!!! Excellent recipe!!!
These waffles were super easy to make. I had to let the batter sit for a couple minutes to get the right consistency. I enjoyed the light coconut flavor this flour gives the waffles. We will definitely make these again!
Glad you enjoyed them!
Hello Megan. I am feeling confused about a section from the Recipe Notes as it pertains to the Nutrition Facts. Specifically, I am referring to the note, "Makes 2 waffles. 1 serving equals 1/2 of the waffle..." Should the Nutrition Facts then cite "1/2 waffle" as the serving size as opposed to "1 waffle"? Thank you in advance for the clarification.
Great question and I can see why you're confused. The serving size is 1/2 large waffle (i.e. 2 triangles). The recipe makes two very large waffles. The yield of waffles will vary depending on the size of you waffle maker too. I updated the recipe card to say 1/2 a waffle.
Thank you for the clarification. I just enjoyed 2 large pancakes using this recipe, drizzling on top a bit of heated-up, sugar-free strawberry jam (in lieu of syrup). Oh So Yummy, big, fluffy but firm pancakes!
This recipe is fabulous. I am so surprised.
Thank you! Wanted to share my lemon version.
Yea! After experimenting on established recipes, found my lemon alternative mini waffle. Determined my body does not really like almond flour and luckily found your coconut based recipe. Made it sweet for a cake like dessert or side for coffee/tea. Makes 5 mini in the Dash brand pumpkin mold waffle maker.
Omitted cinnamon.
Used Califa toasted coconut milk alternative - very subtle flavor.
Added 3 filled droppers stevia and 5 drops Young Living essential lemon flavored edible oil to wet mixture. Used whisk to make smooth. Added coconut flour and baking powder. Tried to fold in per directions, but was lumpy so just whisked until lumps gone. As coconut flour, let the batter sit for 10 minutes. Young Living essential edible oils have a stong presence so does not take a lot of drops. Other brands edible oils might benefit from added grated lemon rind for flavor.